Assessments about ukraines counteroffensive, specifically Ukrainian Forces ability to retake significant territory from russia. Ahead, the many challenges ukraine faces. Here at home, we expect a live update from alabama officials. This after an ugly brawl along a riverfront park. Police have issued at least four Arrest Warrants. We are following the latest. Trumps legal team and the Special Counsel are up against the clock, facing a new deadline. They must respond to the judge within hours over essentially what the Rules Of The Road will be leading up to the trial. We are following major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. We begin with new reporting today about the state of the counteroffensive in ukraine. Weeks into it western officials are describing to me an increasingly sober assessment about Ukrainian Forces ability to retake significant territory now held by russia. The primary challenge for those Ukrainian Forces is the continued dif
showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
in the best way possible for right now, bill weir, thank you so much. jim? warrants out in an official news conference set for the top of the hour on that ugly riverfront brawl in alabama. the fight appearing at times to break along racial lines. what police are saying. plus, the battle heats up over a proposed protective order in the election meddling case. trump s lawyers say it would violate his first amendment rights. the doj says trump wants to try the case in the court of public opinion. the deadline is moments from now. florida governor ron desantis made another big change as he continues to trail trump by a wide margin. those details and much more ahead on cnn news c central. r.